Female Authors

Review: <em>Honor Among Thieves</em> by Rachel Caine and Ann Aguirre

This YA novel is surprisingly inventive with a great, trouble-causing, mouthy protagonist, the kind you can’t wait to see what…

5 years ago

Review: <em>The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet</em> by Becky Chambers

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is a fun, breezy book that feels like an eccentric Star Trek…

5 years ago

Review: <em>Midnight Robber</em> by Nalo Hopkinson

As a straight white middle-aged male, I’ve often felt like science fiction’s target demographic. Most SF feels like it’s aimed…

6 years ago

Review: <em>Six Wakes</em> by Mur Lafferty

Six Wakes is a good old-fashioned murder mystery in space that starts with everyone on the ship being murdered. Everyone’s…

6 years ago

Review: <em>Semiosis</em> by Sue Burke

Given a billion more years of evolution, what would plants evolve into? Given that life on Earth went from single-celled…

6 years ago

Review: <em>The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.</em> by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. is brilliant, fast-paced, and will give you sore wrists because it’s a thick, heavy…

7 years ago

Review: <em>Bimbos of the Death Sun</em> by Sharyn McCrumb

Bimbos of the Death Sun is a clever, funny murder mystery that takes place during a science fiction/fantasy convention. So…

7 years ago

Review: <em>Station Eleven</em> by Emily St. John Mandel

I’m not usually a big fan of post-apocalyptic stories, but Station Eleven is a great story and exceptionally well-written. (more…)

7 years ago

Review: <em>To Say Nothing of the Dog</em> by Connie Willis

To Say Nothing of the Dog is one of the funniest science fiction books I've ever read. It isn't a…

9 years ago

Review: <em>Ancillary Justice</em> by Ann Leckie

The Justice of Toren was a colossal starship run by an artificial intelligence. That intelligence also linked thousands of human…

9 years ago